Jolliffe Name Study
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Surnames/tags: Jolliffe Juleff
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This is a One Name Study to collect together in one place everything about one surname and the variants of that name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join our study to help make it a valuable reference point for people studying lines that cross or intersect. So please add the category tag (listed below) to any of your relatives with the Jolliffe, Juleff or any other variant to this One Name Study.
All of my Juleffs originated in Cornwall & later emigrated to Australia & Canada. There are rumours of some going to South Africa, but I haven't found them YET. Have you??
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Variations on the Name
Jolliff, Jolliffe, Juliff, Juliffe, Julef, Jolly, Jollye, Jolley, Jollie, Joly, Jollif, Jolyff, Jolyf, Julff, Jolff, Julip, Julop, Jellif, Jelf, Jilliffe, jillif, Gelef, Gellop.
Origins of "Jolliffe"
This is an English surname. It derives however from the Old French word "jolif", meaning merry, lively, happy, and was originally given as a nickname to one of cheerful disposition. Perhaps the ultimate origin of the word lies in the Old Norse "jol", the midwinter festival when people celebrated the gradual lengthening of the days. This festival was later appropriated by the Christian Church for celebration of the birth of Christ. The creation of surnames from nicknames was a common practice in the Middle Ages, and Jolliffe is found recorded all over the British Isles as would be expected of a sobriquet handed down as being complimentary. Early examples of the surname include: Walter Jolyf, (Bedfordshire, 1281); Henry Jolyffe, (London, circa 1300), and Alicia Jolyff, (Yorkshire, 1379). In the modern idiom the name has seven spelling variations; Jolliff(e), Joll(e)y, Jollie, Jolly and Joly. A notable namebearer was William George Hylton Jolliffe (1800-1876), created baronet, 1821; secretary to the treasury and conservative whip, 1858-1859, and created Baron Hylton, 1866. A Coat of Arms granted to the Jolliffe family is silver, on a green pile three dexter hands couped at the wrist and erect of the field, the Crest being a cubit arm erect, vested green and cuffed, and the sleeve changed with a silver pile, the hand grasping a sword all proper. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John Jolyf, which was dated 1273, in "The Hundred Rolls of Huntingdonshire", during the reign of King Edward 1, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272-1307. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
Origins of "Juleff"
This unusual surname is of early medieval English origin, and is a good example of that sizeable group of early European surnames that were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames. These nicknames were originally given with reference to a variety of personal characteristics, such as physical attributes or peculiarities, mental and moral characteristics, and to habits of dress and behaviour. The derivation, in this instance, is from the Middle English and Old French "joli(f)", merry, lively, happy, used to denote someone of a cheerful disposition. Perhaps the ultimate origin of the word is the Old Norse "jol", the pagan midwinter festival when people celebrated the gradual lengthening of the days. This festival was later appropriated by the Christian Church as "Yule" for celebration of the birth of Christ. Early examples of the surname include: Henry Jolyffe (London, circa 1300), and Alicia Jolyff (Yorkshire, 1379). In the modern idiom the surname has a variety of forms ranging from Jolliff, Jolliffe, Juliff(e) and Juleff, to Jolley, Jollie and Jolly(e). The forms Juliff(e) and Jul(e)ff are most widespread in Cornwall. Recordings from Cornish Church Registers include: the marriage of John Julff to Jane Rossell at Camborne, on November 7th 1568, and the marriage of James Juleff to Jane Broad at St. Neot, on June 5th 1749. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John Jolif, which was dated 1273, in the "Hundred Rolls of Huntingdonshire", during the reign of King Edward 1, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
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1. We have not done DNA test 2. Nothing so far on Roberts travels from Dorset to Probus
Much of the research I have done so far is though Ancestry. From the tree of Michael Wetmore they record John Juleff (Jollieff or Juliffe) as having married Mary Brickell. This is confirmed from the records of the Parish of Shaftesbury St James MARRIAGES 1561 - 1837 (https://www.opcdorset.org/ShaftesburyFiles/St.James/ShaftStJMarrs-A.htm) which lists John JOLLEIFF & Mary BRICKELL being married 22-Feb 1671. I’ll keep working on it as maybe the names are wrong. I also noted Cuby is only a mile from Probus so scope for errors.
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Ian
1) have you done a DNA test at all? If so, have you uploaded the results to gedmatch.org?
2) do you have any sources of Robert's travels from Dorset to Probus? That would be very interesting indeed.
I have found the marriage record of John Jolife and Mary Brickell on the date you mentioned but in Shaftesbury St. James, also John baptism on 21 August 1643 to father Robert but also in Shaftesbury St. James. These records are on ancestry.ca
I also have William, husband of Jone Penrose, being born in Cuby in 1668 to John and Anne (Unknown) Jiliffe. Any sources you have would be greatly appreciated to further the research.
edited by Brad Cunningham U.E.
As an aside, I discovered that in July 1848, another Juleff arrived in Australia, namely James Carbis Juleff, who arrived in South Australia and settled in Glen Grove. The relationship of this James Juleff to the rest of the family is unclear at present.
Samuel Juleff was born in Woolrich Kent on 18th August 1845 and travelled with his family including two older brothers to New South Wales, Australia in 1854. His brother William was born in 1856 but only survived a year which might have made Australia a grim place for the family. However in 1862 his sister Elizabeth was born who lived to the ripe old age (for those times) of 76. In 1867 when he was 22, Samuel married Emma Ellen Chilvers an English émigré from Tottenham in London, and they started their own extensive family of 11 children. Some records list 13 but they are probably shortened names of the same child (e.g. James and Jim).
Their first born was Samuel George Juleff (1868) then John Edwin Juleff (1869-1961) both of whom were born in Richmond, Victoria, Australia. The family moved and Arthur Henry Juleff (1870-1954) was born in Redfern, Sydney. They moved again and Elizabeth Emma Juleff (1876-1962), Louise Matilda Juleff (1877-1972) and James Michael Juleff (1879-1963), were all born in New Zealand. Having moved back to Australia, Albert Broad Chilvers Juleff (1884-1956), Helena Mildred Juleff (1880-1948), Alfred Leslie Juleff (1882-1974) were born in Redfern, Sydney. Finally Edith May Juleff (1886-1948) and Walter Arnold Juleff (1887-1916) were born across town in Ashfield, Sydney.
It seems like they were a healthy family as Samuel lived to be 63 and his wife Emma lived to be 88, and. she passed on her genes for longevity to most of her children whose ages ranged from 62 to 95, other than Walter who dies in 1916 at the age of 29. It’s not evident at the current time to say if this was related to World War I. Anyway, Albert Broad Chilvers Juleff was the link to our continuing Juleff family tree, and he lived to be 72 when he passed away in 1956.
Albert was born in Redfern, Sydney in 1884. In 1911, he married Amy Dibble who was also from New South Wales, and they were married in St Peters, Sydney. They had four children, Edna Laurie Juleff (1912-1992), Marjorie Jean Juleff (1913-????) and Bruce Arnold Juleff (1918-1973) were born in Marrickville, New South Wales. Marjorie was a stenographer and
Michael was born 27th December 1752 in Probus Cornwall and when he 32, he married Anne Veal who was from the town of Phillack near St Ives in Cornwall, about 20 Kms away. Anne was 12 years his junior and they had three daughters, Ann (1785-1868), Dorcas (1787-1808) and Mary (1790-1812), followed by three sons, John (1792-1856), Michael (1794-1815) and James (1798-1879). They obviously moved around little as Ann was born in Penryn in 1785 and John was born in Copperhouse, (quite close to Phillack where it his wife was from) in 1792. By 1808 the family had moved to Redruth Cornwall, where he sadly witnessed the deaths of Dorcas in 1808, Mary in 1812 and Michael in 1815. Michael himself passed away in Redruth on 13th October 1816 and was survived by his wife and three children including his oldest son John, who continues our part of the Juleff line.
John Juleff was born 17th April 1792 in Copperhouse Cornwall, near to Phillack, where his mother’s family were from. His occupation was a potter and fire brick manufacturer according to later census documents. His wife is Martha Nicholls was from Redruth Cornwall, a significant tin mining town at that time and they get married there on 27th January 1812 at St. Andrew's Anglican Church. They had eight children, John (1812-1875) whose occupation was a crucible maker, Richard (1814-1875), Michael (1816-1896), Mary (1819-1826), James (1821-1887), Anne (1823-????), Mary Martha (1830-1898) and James (1835-????) although this later addition is ambiguous. Their daughter Mary died in 1826 at the age of 7 and four years later they had another daughter who was christened Mary Martha, who went on to be a milliner according to the 1851 census. John died in Redruth in October 1856 and was succeeded by the remainder of his family, including his son Michael, who headed off to Australia and continued the link to our part of the Juleff family tree.
Michael was born in Redruth on 4th October 1816 and on 26 September 1837 when he was 20, he married Elizabeth Gray who was also from Redruth. They had eight children, Frances (1838-1872), Joseph (1839-1926), Charles (1841-1928), Samuel (1845-1908), John (1848-1935), Henry (1854-1938), William (1856-1857) and Elizabeth (1862-1938). Michael was an accomplished blacksmith and travelled with his family as evidenced by their birth details. They were in Redruth until 1840, then moved to Woolrich in Kent until about 1847, then to Middlesex then back too Redruth about 1853, before departing to Australia on the Lady Elgin, arriving 10th August 1854 in New South Wales. In between times, the 1851 census lists Michael as
In any event, it is John and Mary’s second son William who continues our part of the Juleff tree. He was born in Probus, Cornwall in 1670 and is recorded as having died on 13th August 1715 at the age of 45, at sea aboard the “White Ship” off Barfleur, Manche, France. However this is unlikely as the famous “White Ship” sinking occurred in 1120. A more plausible scenario is that he died on board the HMS Barfleur, a Royal Navy “Second Rate” vessel launched in 1697 then rebuilt (for reasons unknown but perhaps a mishap associated with Williams death), and relaunched in 1716.
When he was 20 William was married on 1st January 1690, to Joan Penrose who born in Redruth Cornwall about 20 kms from William’s birthplace. They had three sons together, John (1691), Michael (1694) and William (1695) before Joan passed away in 1698. William remarried later that year to Francis Hall and they had another son Francis, born in 1699. It is the first born son of William who continues our part of the Juleff family line.
John Juleff was born in 1691 and lived to the good old age of 81 before he passed away in 1772 in the town he was also born in, Probus Cornwall. His wife Dorothy Hancock was also from Probus and they were married on 18th May 1717 when John was 25. They had three daughters, Joan (1717-????), Ann (1722-1744) and Dorothy (1728-1754), and two sons, James (1720-1754) and Michael (1724-1805). Sadly John witnessed the death of three of his children as well as his wife, before he passed away but he was survived by his youngest son Michael who continues our branch of the Juleff family tree.
Michael was born 2nd November 1724 in Probus Cornwall, and when he was 19 he married Dorcas Carbense on 31st May 1744 in Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornwall a town about 20 kms to the west. Together they had three sons, John (1744-1757), Soloman (1750-1818) and Michael (1752-1816), as well as two daughters, Ann (1747-????) and Dorcas (1752-1779).
Richard was born in in 1535 at Fifehead, Magdalen, Dorset not far from Canning Court. His mother Lady Elizabeth died when he was 5 years old. He had a son, Johannes Jollife in 1555 when he was 20. A year later he married Elizabeth Rogers who was also the mother of his son. Richard and his son Johannes are recorded as having died on the same date 3oth January 1583 at the same location.
Before he passed away with his father at the young age of 28, Johannes married Elizabeth Newman on 16th January 1579, and in 1581 they had a son called John Jollyffe, who was born nearby in East Stour in Dorset. John was only 2 years old when his father passed away and his mother passed away a year later when he was 3. Fortunately he survived whatever befell his family, and he became the carrier of the torch for our part of the Juleff family tree.
John Jollyffe grew up and in 1608 at the age of 27 he married Catherine Henning from Poxwell in Dorset. They had two sons, Robert Joliffe in 1619 and George Joyliffe born in 1621. George went on to enter Wadham College, Oxford as a commoner in 1637 when he was only 16 and after two years transferred to Pembroke College, where after acquiring two arts degrees, he took to the study of anatomy. He is credited with the discovery of the bodies lymphatic system, being different to the systems of veins, arteries, and nerves. He transferred to Clare Hall Cambridge as a Doctor of Medicine before moving to London and being admitted as a candidate to the College of Physicians on 4th April 1653, finally being admitted as a Fellow on 25th June 1658. Sadly he died on 11th November 1658.
However it is Robert we are interested in as it is he who continued the Juleff line. He was born in 1619 but the place of his birth is not recorded and in view of the French spelling Joliffe, you might speculate that he may have migrated from Brittany. However he was in Cornwall when his son John Juleff (Jeliffe) was born in 1636 to Jone (Jane) Polden who was 9 years his senior. Whether they were married or not is unclear.